Xander Balwit Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Xander Balwit

I cannot wait for artificial wombs. I saw #GATTACA in 9th grade and imagined we would be further along by the time I was 25. Read my short-fiction here: https://t.co/8odU48v8tC @effective_ideas

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Magnificent Rebels is out in the US today! I couldn’t be more excited. A girl can only read The Invention of Nature so many times. @andrea_wulf is a genius. Her works of intellectual history are truly irresistible.

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@ben_a_goldfarb @brdemuth @DavidQuammen @nelangst @danpatrickegan I would add @nytegan's "The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America" on the birth of the forest service and the legacy of fire suppression in America. Egan's "The Worst Hard Time" on the Dust Bowl is also unparalleled when it comes to environmental history.

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I am extremely excited about this series! Adam at @fortsunlight made the places, ideas, and people from @rifish's The Long View come alive. If you are gripped by the themes in these short films, please consider pre-ordering Richard's book at: https://t.co/uT2N338979 https://t.co/oBmZ0lCPEl

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@CameronShorb I wish I had one on horses for you, but I do have one on beavers that is worth a read ---Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter @ben_a_goldfarb

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Most recently, I was struck by this when reading @andrea_wulf's Magnificent Rebels–a history of a famed circle of German romantics. The indomitable literary giant Caroline Schelling (formerly Caroline Böhmer then Caroline Schlegel) endured the death of four of her children.

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What's Working -- Review: Future Superhuman: Our Transhuman Lives in a Make-Or-Break Century, by Elise Bohan https://t.co/vFyQBR49vf

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@salonium Amazing episode! Also, if you haven't read Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus, you should! https://t.co/Q13XIkM0y6

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@EAheadlines How do people feel about Steven Pinker? I’ve enjoyed reading and referring back to Enlightenment Now.